"Without the support of our supporters, it is difficult, especially at home. Their support makes a huge difference," tutur Taravel.

Sikap Taravel didasari oleh rasa maklum atas kerinduan para pendukung fanatik klub yang telah mendambakan raihan trofi juara dalam beberapa tahun terakhir.

Pihak manajemen dan skuad mengerti kekecewaan pendukung dan berharap mereka tetap memberikan sokongan penuh pada laga penting ini.

"I completely understand them because they have been waiting for a trophy for several years. Both the squad and I were deeply disappointed after losing the cup final.

I hope the supporters will back us against STVV because it is an important match for the club," sebut Taravel.

Sint-Truiden sendiri diprediksi tampil tanpa beban karena baru saja mengamankan tiket Eropa pasca hasil imbang 1-1 kontra Genk.

Tim tamu diperkuat barisan pemain Jepang seperti Keisuke Goto, Rihito Ito, Rihito Yamamoto, dan kiper Leo Kokubo.

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"They will obviously play with freedom after securing a European ticket. They will come to the Lotto Park full of confidence," kata Taravel.

Mengingat kesulitan pada pertemuan pertama, skuad Anderlecht diminta meminimalkan kesalahan lini belakang yang kerap berujung kerugian besar.

Data Anderlecht-Online mencatat lini pertahanan mereka sudah kebobolan dalam 14 pertandingan beruntun sejak 12 Februari silam.

"They are a team with a lot of movement and quality. We will have to be ready and impose our game.

We will simply need to play a complete match to win.

In recent games we were often performing well, but we failed to score and made a few mistakes.